MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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